VOICE Graduate Reading Series
Illinois M.F.A. students Blair Croan (fiction), Sean Karns (poetry), and Matt Minicucci (poetry) read from their work.
Illinois M.F.A. students Blair Croan (fiction), Sean Karns (poetry), and Matt Minicucci (poetry) read from their work.
Illinois M.F.A. students Lindsey Drager (fiction), Max Somers (poetry), and Ashley Booth (poetry) read from their work.
The Creative Writing Program and the Carr Reading Series present a series of readings and panels to celebrate creative writing and contemporary literature
March 15th
11-12:15 Panel discussion: “The Next Decade in Book Culture: The Rise of the E-Book." Jane Ciabattari, Philip Graham, Harriett Green (University of Illinois Library), Martin Riker (Dalkey Archive Press)
2-3:15 Panel discussion: Translation Studies. Elizabeth Lowe, Patricia Phillips, Anastasiya Lakhtikova, Reinhard Mayer
4:30 Reading: Eileen Favorite and Jane Ciabattari
March 16th
11-12 Presentation: Jane Ciabattari, The Art of the Book Review
3-4:15 Panel discussion: "The Truth of the Matter: On Creative Nonfiction and Literary Journalism." Christopher Benson, Jabari Asim, Audrey Petty, Steve Davenport
4:30 Reading: Manuel Martinez and Bayo Ojikutu
March 17th
11-12:15 Panel discussion: "Independent Publishing." Aaron Burch (Hobart), Peter Cole (Keyhole), Zach Dodson (Featherproof Books), Jacob S. Knabb (ACM: Another Chicago Magazine)
2-3:15 Panel Discussion: "Where We’re At: Ninth Letter on Writing the Midwest." Ashley Booth, Aaron Burch, Dana Burchfield, Brian Kornell, Micah Riecker. Jodee Stanley, moderator.
4:30 Reading: Philip Graham, LeAnne Howe, Jabari Asim, Michael Madonick
Illinois M.F. A. students Baron Haber (fiction), Eric Tanyavutti (fiction), and Jessica Thom (fiction) read from their work.
MFA students completing their final semester of the Graduate Creative Writing Program will read from their thesis works. Readers include fiction writers Caroline Duda, Brian Kornell, Paul Pedroza, and Micah Riecker; and poets Dana Burchfield, Matthew Minicucci, and Heather Salus.
Professor LeAnne Howe's novel Miko Kings: An Indian Baseball Story has been selected for Hampton University's 2009-10 Read-In. Each year the Hampton University Department of English selects a novel that becomes the focus of a series of activities intended to reach the entire university community. Professor Howe will appear on campus for readings and a master lecture. Visit the Hampton University website for more information.
Professor LeAnne Howe will give a reading of her work at Ripon College.
Professor LeAnne Howe will read from new short fiction at the 5th Annual Scissortail Creative Writing Festival.
Professor LeAnne Howe will give a reading of her work at the 2010 Women's Literary Festival in Santa Barbara.
Professor LeAnne Howe will give a reading of new work and visit classes at Ohio State University.
Professor Philip Graham will be reading from his new book,The Moon, Come Down to Earth at several universities and bookstores this fall. For more information on dates and times, visit mcsweeneys.net.
Illinois M.F.A. students Dana Burchfield (poetry), Heather Salus (poetry), and Eric Tanyavutti (fiction) read from their work.
Creative Writing faculty member John Griswold reads from his debut novel, A Democracy of Ghosts, which was published in the summer of 2009 by Wordcraft of Oregon.
Two authors from the current issue of Ninth Letter read from their work
Seth Fried’s short stories have appeared twice in Ninth Letter, as well as in McSweeney’s, Missouri Review, One Story, and many other publications. His story in the current issue of Ninth Letter is an excerpt from Animalcula: A Young Scientist’s Guide to New Creatures.
Chris Wiberg, a former assistant editor at Ninth Letter, is a Chicago-based writer whose fiction has appeared recently in Folio and the North Atlantic Review. He received his MFA from the University of Illinois, and teaches creative writing at the University of Chicago's Graham School for General Studies. His short essay about Election Night 2008 appears in the current issue of Ninth Letter.
Creative Writing faculty member Philip Graham reads from his new book, The Moon, Come to Earth: Dispatches from Lisbon (Univ. of Chicago Press), an expanded edition of his series of dispatches originally published on McSweeney's online.